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Child Protection (CP) actors in the Afghanistan reached 1,718,708 beneficiaries who include (girls: 242,054 & boys: 342,366 with CP services in between January to March (Q1) 2023. This includes 139,233 beneficiaries who received psychosocial and mental health support services, 25,968 anaccompanied/separated minors and children facing other protection risks received case management and reintegration services, while 530,360 children/adolescents/men & women were sensitized on child protection issues. Furthermore, 32,993 children and caregivers were provided with winterization items and support, while 10,032 humanitarian workers including social workers & community volunteers were trained on Child Protection support services during the reporting period.
NOTE: Due to the ban on National female staff working for NGOs on 24th Dec 2022, there was only a partial implementation of activities which continues to negatively impact on our achievements in Quarter 1, 2023 especially reach to children and women. However, all possible operational adaptation modalities are being explored to sustain implementation of activities including integration with education and health facilities and use of virtual or remote approaches for delivering case management and PSS. Q1 is end of winter response in Afghanistan. In Feb, backlogs of reports were completed leading to rise in percentage of reach.